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the program affected medicare advantage. as the medicare program in which private insurers provide health insurance to seniors and then paid back by the government. those payments now expected to be much lower. the insurance industry says $11 billion lower. the new payments rates are still not final, but the ns sent shares and health care stocks tumbling today. look at this. he managed down 11%. it rebounded slightly. still closing down more than 6%. it's not just talk oldest and denied there. paul ryan he was accused of throwing granny off the cliff. remember this? who is throwing gray off the cliff now? the effective date is with advancing years been described by the health insurance lobby is a crushing blow. the 14 million americans rely on medicare advantage now now at a disadvantage. many insurance comnies a expected to get out of the medicare advantage business. coverage disrupted or dropped altogether. promises that turned out to be false. insurance premiums that go up, not down. assumptions that are not realistic. fu
the program affected medicare advantage. as the medicare program in which private insurers provide health insurance to seniors and then paid back by the government. those payments now expected to be much lower. the insurance industry says $11 billion lower. the new payments rates are still not final, but the ns sent shares and health care stocks tumbling today. look at this. he managed down 11%. it rebounded slightly. still closing down more than 6%. it's not just talk oldest and denied there....
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trust me, once they see the cost of caving they will see stars because as the medicare rises it turns out those who were in seizing up i the humans as the main course on thei dish andayi adding insult the governors serving the dish aside from saving money, the cost of the budget bustingely een banquet has been pushed onto them.es trust me but by then they are million miles away in anot a rocket ship and we are stuck in deep ship. watching this unfold "in living color" david macarthur and david drucker as well. so doctor, what do they do that they are not sayingth? >> thank you for having meshteng back.patien obamacare shortens the liveses f of patients but lengthening medicare and medicaid. it is a disaster, the implementation with the march to single payer andmediai? who would want anybody to be isu on medicaid in their state?ave it has shown that they have the worst health carethe outcome than any other insurance program in the developed world. they sellout, they are intimidated, the patients verses' politicians motivated by money and power. neil: to that poiunt*, davidfe point*, da
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a lot of government spending isn't going to be cut, social security, medicare. they're exempt. when you take a look at business, i heard on cnn the chairman of marriott international saying we're lowering our expectations, business won't travel as much. every family will be impacted. every family has already been impacted to some extent. as you pointed out, when businesses cut back, that impacts their suppliers, it impacts their workers and there is no doubt that the combination -- now, look, let's put the numbers in perspective. we took $110 billion in tax increases. this is $85 billion in tax cuts. right now we're focused on the immediate impact. u.s. economy is strong. it's been trying to grow for two years, despite what comes out of washington. and the real issue beyond this immediate impact is what happens to america so we don't get to be like greece, so that the kind of austerity that greece had to have, which really destroys the fabric of society, doesn't happen here? are we better dealing with it now? should everybody, the government and consumers at all levels take a b
a lot of government spending isn't going to be cut, social security, medicare. they're exempt. when you take a look at business, i heard on cnn the chairman of marriott international saying we're lowering our expectations, business won't travel as much. every family will be impacted. every family has already been impacted to some extent. as you pointed out, when businesses cut back, that impacts their suppliers, it impacts their workers and there is no doubt that the combination -- now, look,...
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i don't think the problem is per se medicare. i think the issue is the cost, the rising cost of healthcare. and i believe with the affordable care act and other measures that we can take, we need to try to control the cost of healthcare, and i think that's the way to go at it rather than basically people when they're oldest and sickest. >> i hear what you're saying, and yes, the reason medicare's rising is the different hospital costs, but don't you have to use medicare as a way to, shall we say encourage hospitals to save money and not spend as much? >> well, if you take for example, the affordable healthcare act which has really not yet been implemented in full, there are strategies within that legislation which really takes healthcare in a more preventative way, more efficiency, keep people out of hospitals. i think that's what we should be looking at, ways to keep people out of hospitals, make medicine more efficient. >> on eligibility age when it comes to both social security and medicare why isn't it sort of the way -- cost
i don't think the problem is per se medicare. i think the issue is the cost, the rising cost of healthcare. and i believe with the affordable care act and other measures that we can take, we need to try to control the cost of healthcare, and i think that's the way to go at it rather than basically people when they're oldest and sickest. >> i hear what you're saying, and yes, the reason medicare's rising is the different hospital costs, but don't you have to use medicare as a way to, shall...
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infrastructure spending then you have to pay more in gas taxes, you like the fact that you have all of this medicare, that you get all of these services? well, the american people are going to have to pay more for that, that is your choice and you laid out the argument that way, i think at least we would be able to make an honest decision about, i am willing to give this up. i am willing to give this up and we would be able to cut spending in a way we haven't been. >> you know the irony of all of this, charles, push comes to shove, and everything that mitt romney said, you know, we talked about the 47%, you could argue that the people who got their nose out of joint are targeting me, i'm a military people, or talking to me, a retiree all very good argument that you given your contribution to society and given a good deal of money and taxes to society. what he was saying and how did this get to the point we're-- half of us are close to not paying any federal income taxes and sure enough, you have someone like howard dn come along and say that can't continue. >> ben just said we voted more and more ov
infrastructure spending then you have to pay more in gas taxes, you like the fact that you have all of this medicare, that you get all of these services? well, the american people are going to have to pay more for that, that is your choice and you laid out the argument that way, i think at least we would be able to make an honest decision about, i am willing to give this up. i am willing to give this up and we would be able to cut spending in a way we haven't been. >> you know the irony...
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only way to do it, but experts say this serious problem is that agency or even defense spending but medicare, medicaid, social security, health care, and the sequester has next to no impact on them. lou: fox news chief political correspondent. thank you. of course, former senator alan simpson saying that president obama would be a failed presidency if he does not deal with those entitlement programs that were just noted. our first guest tonight says the sequester is a bad idea whose time has come. even if it kicks in the western hemisphere will not collapse. joining us now, former director of the congressional budget office, president of the american action forum. good to have you with us. the president, i think the speaker proposed it rather interestingly and eloquently. the president needs to clean up the mess he made. what do you think? >> it's certainly a matter of historical record that the president proposes across the board method of cutting spending. think it's also a matter of record that no one likes it. it was designed to be so bad that it would not be used. but if we are not doin
only way to do it, but experts say this serious problem is that agency or even defense spending but medicare, medicaid, social security, health care, and the sequester has next to no impact on them. lou: fox news chief political correspondent. thank you. of course, former senator alan simpson saying that president obama would be a failed presidency if he does not deal with those entitlement programs that were just noted. our first guest tonight says the sequester is a bad idea whose time has...
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and so in our poll when we asked, are you for a sliding scale on social security benefits or medicare benefits, typically the response on a straight question on social security and medicare cuts is, no, no, don't do it. but when we added what about a sliding scale so the wealthy get less, they were all for it. go for it. >> and it works, it always works, we know that. but perry, watching what the white house is doing, is there any penalty for them to be paid for not demanding that boehner and mcconnell come over to the white house and start doing like it movie "dave". >> it's clear there is. you notice the last couple days jay carney says we called the republicans. they don't want to get blamed for this. >> they've put their thing out. >> their plan out, the details over and over again. they know republicans and congress will get most of the blame, but they know the president will get some of it. >> amy, boehner put out that op-ed, and it seems to me, one of the things he's admitting is they're going to have to pass something before march 1st so they can say they passed something, bec
and so in our poll when we asked, are you for a sliding scale on social security benefits or medicare benefits, typically the response on a straight question on social security and medicare cuts is, no, no, don't do it. but when we added what about a sliding scale so the wealthy get less, they were all for it. go for it. >> and it works, it always works, we know that. but perry, watching what the white house is doing, is there any penalty for them to be paid for not demanding that boehner...
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we've seen the politics in medicare which is fascinating. we've got to do something about medicare. you're cutting medicare. and it's an incredible powerful force in our politics. medicaid is an adjunct, those other people. it's interesting to see how that shapes the politics going forward, operating? as people get brought into the system by expansion it might change the support. there's that old line about programs for the poor are poorer programs, right? the more something is made at which eligibility creeps up in the increase scale, you may see increase in quality, right? >> a lot of misconceptions about who medicaid takes care of. seniors and nursing homes -- one of the biggest percentages of medicaid dollars. children in pennsylvania, a very significant portion of children get health care through medicaid. pregnant women and people with disabilities. so it is not -- in pennsylvania if you're a full-time working adult and you don't work for someone who offers health insurance, you basically have no way to get health insurance. >> valerie arkoosh of the national commission allian
we've seen the politics in medicare which is fascinating. we've got to do something about medicare. you're cutting medicare. and it's an incredible powerful force in our politics. medicaid is an adjunct, those other people. it's interesting to see how that shapes the politics going forward, operating? as people get brought into the system by expansion it might change the support. there's that old line about programs for the poor are poorer programs, right? the more something is made at which...
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into him proposing medicare cuts so they can attack him for it. republicans understand when they explain out loud what they would like to do, people recoil from it. so he is pretty popular, that is not working either. >> the president suggested sort of a backup plan today. let's listen to that. >> if they can't get such a budget agreement done by next friday, the day these harmful cuts begin to take effect, then at minimum congress should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would prevent these harmful cuts, not to kick the can down the road but to give them time to work together on a plan that finishes the job of deficit reduction in a sensible way. >> sounds sensible enough. >> it is sensible, i feel for him. he is the president, he has obligations we don't have. sitting on the sidelines, i sometimes wish he would fully let the bluff play out, and say this is what we need to do. that is something president clinton did, people don't realize until the crisis becomes threatened, but real. >> there is nothing he can do. i mea
into him proposing medicare cuts so they can attack him for it. republicans understand when they explain out loud what they would like to do, people recoil from it. so he is pretty popular, that is not working either. >> the president suggested sort of a backup plan today. let's listen to that. >> if they can't get such a budget agreement done by next friday, the day these harmful cuts begin to take effect, then at minimum congress should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and...
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instead of taking that from medicare and medicaid and the people who need it the most, right? which they're saying they just refuse outright to do. >> okay. >> and they'd rather be on recess. >> of course. they love being on holiday. >> and we don't give the president credit for the $2.4 trillion he's already done. >> president played golf this weekend but then he came back to work. >> he did come back to work. david and karen, and david first, how does this situation resolve itself? i mean, do we literally hit march the 1st, suffer all kinds of problems in terms of teacher layoffs, security staff on furlough, i don't know, air-traffic control falls apart. what happens? >> yeah, that's about right. i think you got it. very apocalyptic march 1st. it won't be the mayan apocalypse but -- >> may feel like it. >> but, remember, this is not the end of it. we then have the continuing resolution about funding the government for the rest of the year. >> we do. >> we have the debt ceiling again. >> we do. >> i think the president is out there saying i'm trying to put these guys in the c
instead of taking that from medicare and medicaid and the people who need it the most, right? which they're saying they just refuse outright to do. >> okay. >> and they'd rather be on recess. >> of course. they love being on holiday. >> and we don't give the president credit for the $2.4 trillion he's already done. >> president played golf this weekend but then he came back to work. >> he did come back to work. david and karen, and david first, how does this...
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you don't need to worry about medicare and social security, largely protected. when safety net programs like medicaid and food programs, exempt. military personnel, veterans affairs. veterans could be hit in other ways. they are a big part of the civilian workforce. here we are. it's irritating, the president will talk about it later this morning. try to prod them to move forward on this, surrounded by first responders, because presumably first responders budgets across the board would have to be cut. that would mean your services will be cut. >> a bit of political posturing. besides this, what do we feed to know about our money? >> 750,000 jobs, that's how many jobs will disappear if the sequester goes through and stays around for the rest of the year. you will feel the consequences. >> you're welcome. >> you can tell how i feel about this? >> very passionate. >>> snake as live. coming up, the results of n florida's great python hunt underwhelming. >> look at that make. man. to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the
you don't need to worry about medicare and social security, largely protected. when safety net programs like medicaid and food programs, exempt. military personnel, veterans affairs. veterans could be hit in other ways. they are a big part of the civilian workforce. here we are. it's irritating, the president will talk about it later this morning. try to prod them to move forward on this, surrounded by first responders, because presumably first responders budgets across the board would have to...
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they are going to be on medicare, welfare, get food stamps. >> you know, again -- again. >> what is going to happen is -- >> again, sir, you're not telling these people the truth. they -- they mow our lawns, and care for our babies. they clean -- they -- the work that those people do, you're wrong again. >> you are saying build the darn fence, where is the fence? >> in case you missed it, that is a fence, we put up a banana with about $600 million worth of appropriations we have. sir, you're entitled to your opinion, you're not entitled to your facts. >> you say banana, i say fence, the old john mccain was on display yesterday. the one who was not afraid to say what people didn't want to hear. >> obviously, they're not here to assimilate, into our society, they're here doing the things they need to do to make their life better at home, now, the question -- >> sir, some have been here as long as 40 years. they are serving in our military. >> as senator john mccain was leaving the event, he tried to downplay his audience's negative reaction to immigration reform. >> somewhere around 70-some
they are going to be on medicare, welfare, get food stamps. >> you know, again -- again. >> what is going to happen is -- >> again, sir, you're not telling these people the truth. they -- they mow our lawns, and care for our babies. they clean -- they -- the work that those people do, you're wrong again. >> you are saying build the darn fence, where is the fence? >> in case you missed it, that is a fence, we put up a banana with about $600 million worth of...
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. >> ari, when budget strains come along, there is always a look at medicare, democrats have done cost savings over the years, medicaid-cut cost savings. why wouldn't they also look at obama care which actually benefits the population with more resources than the medicaid population? >> well, i think the main reason is that it will be seen as obama cost saving, rather than increasing device. you look at lindsey graham, how is he getting to work? is he taking a delorean, did he come to work three years ago? this guy is living in the past. they have gone nowhere. again, i don't mean to be so negative and worked up tonight. but we are just watching something frozen in time, full of amber and anger. it may be the first time clinton picked up seats, obama may be on the way to that. this may be good for democrats in return. it is not good for the country to be so frozen and reflexively anti-obama. >> steve kornacki, and ari melber. >>> coming up, steve colbert's sister is running for congress in south carolina. and in the rewrite tonight, the most memorable, quotable state-of-the-union addre
. >> ari, when budget strains come along, there is always a look at medicare, democrats have done cost savings over the years, medicaid-cut cost savings. why wouldn't they also look at obama care which actually benefits the population with more resources than the medicaid population? >> well, i think the main reason is that it will be seen as obama cost saving, rather than increasing device. you look at lindsey graham, how is he getting to work? is he taking a delorean, did he come...
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large group of dependent people that are going -- you want to make citizens that are going to be on medicare, they're going to be on welfare, they're going to be on food stamps. >> again -- >> and you know it. what's going to happen -- >> again, sir, you're not telling these people the truth. >> you said build the dang fence. where is the fence? >> in case you missed it, i showed you -- >> that's not a fence. >> that's not a fence? it's a banana. we put up a banana with $600 million worth of appropriations we have. sir, you're entitled to your opinion, you're not entitled to your facts. >> well, there he is, joy, and david using words like bananas, an old joke. i don't think irony work was this crowd. number two, quoting the great pat moynihan of new york, you can tout your own opinion, not your facts. it doesn't work. they have a gut attitude that we're being overrun by illegal immigrants that are changing the culture of the south, they don't like it and they don't want to hear this quibbling about we're going to let them say here and all this. they really seem to think -- i wish there was
large group of dependent people that are going -- you want to make citizens that are going to be on medicare, they're going to be on welfare, they're going to be on food stamps. >> again -- >> and you know it. what's going to happen -- >> again, sir, you're not telling these people the truth. >> you said build the dang fence. where is the fence? >> in case you missed it, i showed you -- >> that's not a fence. >> that's not a fence? it's a banana. we put...
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but medicare, if there's a hero to this piece, it's medicare, and the bureaucrat there is looking at costs, trying to keep down costs, and that is good for most americans. one of the things steve advocates and counterintuitively, if you lowered the age of medicare eligibility, not raising it. i would argue if you made medicare to buy in for people under 65, that would improve the health system. >> why medical bills are us. rick stengel, this is a really good issue. rge tha >> thank you. i have something about the pensacola hospitals that i'm going to show you. you can read it off my iphone. >> fantastic. i love it. >> coming up here on set, oscar-nominated don cheadle will be here. you're watching "morning joe." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the next wave of italians has come to america, and the fiat 500 with beats audio is rockin' the block. the italian designed fiat 500. but at xerox we've embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document
but medicare, if there's a hero to this piece, it's medicare, and the bureaucrat there is looking at costs, trying to keep down costs, and that is good for most americans. one of the things steve advocates and counterintuitively, if you lowered the age of medicare eligibility, not raising it. i would argue if you made medicare to buy in for people under 65, that would improve the health system. >> why medical bills are us. rick stengel, this is a really good issue. rge tha >> thank...
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you can't wait until 2025 to worry about medicare. you can't wait until 2025 to worry about long-term debt. you can't wait until 2025 to reform entitlements to help future generations of retirees. >> they do, but what they want is more economic growth because it's a lot easier to make these decisions it we have more robust growth. that's what i think is the dirty little secret of why the president's not in a hurry right now to strike this deal. he'd rather strike it when growth is more like 3% or 4%, if we can get there. >> so you're saying the president might be trying to drag his feet so if we're growing at 3% or 4% two years from now, that changes all the projections out 20 years. >> it changes them dramatically to where you don't have to cut entitlements as much, don't have to raise taxes as much. as long as they can sort of cheat the difference and stagger along, they'd rather wait to make the deal. >> of course, the only problem with that is the president himself four years ago, in february of 2009, said entitlements were the gr
you can't wait until 2025 to worry about medicare. you can't wait until 2025 to worry about long-term debt. you can't wait until 2025 to reform entitlements to help future generations of retirees. >> they do, but what they want is more economic growth because it's a lot easier to make these decisions it we have more robust growth. that's what i think is the dirty little secret of why the president's not in a hurry right now to strike this deal. he'd rather strike it when growth is more...
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the last decade, you know, we have -- we've done -- basically we have prosecuted two wars, we did the medicare prescription drug benefit, we did several tax cuts. we did the stimulus. all on the credit card of the country. so, you know, you went the -- 30 years ago, just a little over 30 years ago our national debt was a trillion dollars. it's $16.5 trillion today. so we racked up -- >> yeah, but -- >> no, no, no, my point is, chris, i'm not defending the fact of sequestration by any stretch. everybody at the table all agrees it's stupid, it's an awful tool. it was meant to be that way. the creation of it was in the budget control act in the summer of 2011 which was basically this was so bad it was going to inspire a super committee of the house and senate to act. it didn't work and so now here we are, we're faced with it, and it's a problem, there's no doubt about it. but we can do some of these things. i would argue that our cuts, we did sliding past sequestration, is $2 trillion worth of deficit reduction. let me be really clear, deficit reduction. there are revenue raisers, there are spend
the last decade, you know, we have -- we've done -- basically we have prosecuted two wars, we did the medicare prescription drug benefit, we did several tax cuts. we did the stimulus. all on the credit card of the country. so, you know, you went the -- 30 years ago, just a little over 30 years ago our national debt was a trillion dollars. it's $16.5 trillion today. so we racked up -- >> yeah, but -- >> no, no, no, my point is, chris, i'm not defending the fact of sequestration by...
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covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay cost at myflexpen.com. ask your health care provider about novolog® flexpen today >>> okay. 40 past the hour. louis decided he's going to be our oscars correspondent. >> yes. >> the awards are in sunday. and louis sent in this dispatch. >> you went pretty boy to l.a. >> dispatch from hollywood. >> mika, i know how difficult is it to get you to go to the movies. this year i'm going to save you the trouble. i dispatched myself to hollywood, california, to screen every single oscar-nominated film. i promise you, you will not be disappointed. >> reporter: the oscars. the glitz and glamor of hollywood on display for all to see, featuring the biggest names all sharing a single stage. it's a ceremony known to create a few moments of its own from the halle berry kiss. moments for martin scorsese, and the good moment for those good will hunting boys from austin. this year's also sure to make history as hollywood celebrates its best year ever pulling in more than $10.8 billion at the box office. >> james. james bond
covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay cost at myflexpen.com. ask your health care provider about novolog® flexpen today >>> okay. 40 past the hour. louis decided he's going to be our oscars correspondent. >> yes. >> the awards are in sunday. and louis sent in this dispatch. >> you went pretty boy to l.a. >> dispatch from hollywood. >> mika, i know how difficult is it to get you to go to the movies. this year i'm going to...
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but they know discretionary spending has to be cut, entitlements have to be reformed and medicare and social security our trust funds have to be stabilized. and americans are up to the challenge on this. >> what about, though, the prospect of closing some of the tax loopholes? this is something that even mitt romney, your party's candidate, campaigned on. but now the president is making these suggestions, and all of a sudden it's a moot point, something that republicans don't want to do. where is the problem here? is it because the president's proposing it? >> no. and i would disagree with you just a little bit on that. we have long advocated for cleaning up the tax code and doing tax reform is one of the things on our to do list this year. and even when you look at some of these loan guarantee programs like the department of energy, my goodness, it is just waste, fraud and abuse run amuck. and now we're finding out that some of those that got some of these loans are being sold to china, interesting in china and other areas that may not wish us well that. causes us concern also. so it
but they know discretionary spending has to be cut, entitlements have to be reformed and medicare and social security our trust funds have to be stabilized. and americans are up to the challenge on this. >> what about, though, the prospect of closing some of the tax loopholes? this is something that even mitt romney, your party's candidate, campaigned on. but now the president is making these suggestions, and all of a sudden it's a moot point, something that republicans don't want to do....
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the president mentioned early on, maybe raising very gradually the medicare age and certainly the cpi in social security. both of those things would be supported by republicans, but it seems like when republicans said, okay, let's -- let's go to the table on that, that maybe the president started backing off. so i think entitlement reform is what republicans are looking at because those are cuts that we know would take effect over a very gradual period and would have a big dent in the deficits for the long term which is what we know we've got to address. >> let's switch gears to another hot topic, gun rights specifically. you, of course, a longtime supporter of gun rights. you got a grade "a" while in office. i want you to take a listen to something that wayne lapierre said last night in salt lake city. take a listen. >> but i've been amazed, just amazed at how rapidly this debate deteriorated from what has proven to work to what has proven to be the political agenda of those bent on attacking the second amendment to our constitution. dianne feinstein herself commented she's had the g
the president mentioned early on, maybe raising very gradually the medicare age and certainly the cpi in social security. both of those things would be supported by republicans, but it seems like when republicans said, okay, let's -- let's go to the table on that, that maybe the president started backing off. so i think entitlement reform is what republicans are looking at because those are cuts that we know would take effect over a very gradual period and would have a big dent in the deficits...
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the gap, i mean we get it that they're going to pay, they reimburse hospitals for medicare one amount and it's often lower, hospitals and doctors will tell you less than it's actually costing them. but is it as much as that gap that we see? >> no, no. an insurance company will also get a discount off the chargemaster but your insurance company will get a 40% discount, maybe a 50% discount, but a 50% discount off of a $25 bill for nyacin is still a lot of money for the hospital. so what i found was hospital executives in every town in the country there's a hospital and you think of the hospital as your favorite non-profit charity. there's a fund-raiser every year and everybody feels good about going to the fund-raiser. the hospital ceos are making $2 million, $3 million, $5 million a year. the hospitals are making exorbitant profits and the fund-raiser you go to probably accounts for one half of 1% of their revenue. the real revenue is from the nyacin pills and the cancer drugs where they might charge the patient $10,000 or $11,000. it might cost them $4,000, and it might cost the drug
the gap, i mean we get it that they're going to pay, they reimburse hospitals for medicare one amount and it's often lower, hospitals and doctors will tell you less than it's actually costing them. but is it as much as that gap that we see? >> no, no. an insurance company will also get a discount off the chargemaster but your insurance company will get a 40% discount, maybe a 50% discount, but a 50% discount off of a $25 bill for nyacin is still a lot of money for the hospital. so what i...
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covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay cost at myflexpen.com. ask your health care provider about novolog® flexpen today then you're going to love this. right now they're only $14.95! wow-a grt deal just got a whole lot better. hurry. $14.95 won't last. >>> welcome back to "early start" this morning, everyone. we're minding your business. the stock market closed in observance of president's day. thank you, calvin coolidge. a little respect for calvin. we'll talk to christine romans about business. >> you will slide as many presidents in as you can. the stock market closed, so you can think about as many dead presidents as you want. s & p 500 on a seven-week winning streak. up 10% this year. will it hit highs this year? ist it's within shouting distance. >>> best buy is ending its showrooming. the idea that you go there and you buy the product there you can't go there to price shop. stores -- best buy will match prices of all local retailers and 20 online competitors. did this on the trial basis for the holidays. best buy struggles, because onli
covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay cost at myflexpen.com. ask your health care provider about novolog® flexpen today then you're going to love this. right now they're only $14.95! wow-a grt deal just got a whole lot better. hurry. $14.95 won't last. >>> welcome back to "early start" this morning, everyone. we're minding your business. the stock market closed in observance of president's day. thank you, calvin coolidge. a little respect for...
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covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay cost at myflexpen.com. ask your health care provider about novolog® flexpen today >>> breaking news. the ruling due in one hour. cnn crews right now at the courthouse. will a judge free olympic icon and accused murderer oscar pistorius on bail? you will hear the ruling live from court. >>> and a huge storm still pummelling parts of the midwest. national guard troops sent to look for stranded passengers. >>> hair raising rescue for three paratroopers. they got hung up in towering trees. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans for john berman today. >> friday, february 22nd. 30 minutes past the hour in one hour from now, we should find out if oscar pistorius will walk out of court today, or will he stay locked up as he awaits trial on murder charges. day four of a contentious bail hearing that has seemed more like an actual trial. court is adjourned as we wait for the magistrate's ruling. allison leotta joining us to talk about that. i want to start with the dramatic development yesterday and that was
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they want a few more cuts, a little more on medicare, deal with age requirements, but they're pitching. it doesn't feel -- the difference are hard to find. they embrace cpi, all that business. >> chris matthews, as i continue talking about how the republican party needs to be dragged back to relevance so they can once again win the white house, i always talk about the suburbs of philly. you know that area better than anybody. tell us, where do people in the suburbs of philly sit on the debt, on the deficit, on simpson-bowles, on sequester? we know perot certainly ignited a movement in '92 but where are people in the suburbs of philly in 2013 on this irish? >> well, that's the reason they vote republican. not abortion or anything else. it's that issue concerning deficit spending by the democrats. suburbites are negative on that. that's why a lot left the city, to get away from the big city machines. they want it to be clean, they want it to be efficient, and if you feely responsible. that's why they're republicans. that's always been their winning ticket. and you and i know that's where
they want a few more cuts, a little more on medicare, deal with age requirements, but they're pitching. it doesn't feel -- the difference are hard to find. they embrace cpi, all that business. >> chris matthews, as i continue talking about how the republican party needs to be dragged back to relevance so they can once again win the white house, i always talk about the suburbs of philly. you know that area better than anybody. tell us, where do people in the suburbs of philly sit on the...
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he is agreeing to allow his state to accept expanded medicare coverage, a key provision in president obama's new health care law. he was threatening to reject it. scott becomes the seventh republican governor to sign on to the plan. >>> and a beer merger worth bill ynz is on hold this morning. a federal judge in washington is giving anheuser-busch more time to work out its plans to take over modelo, a mexican company that makes corona. they said the deal could make your beer cost more money. >>> lance armstrong is done talking. he's refusing to cooperate with u.s. anti-doping agency's investigation into the use of performance enhancing drugs in cycling. they were hoping he would provide them with names of coaches or doctors who helped him and his tour de france winning team's illegally dope. >>> we heard from tiger gushing over president obama's golf game when they played together on sunday. no surprise there. so this morning we're hearing from the president about his experience. while tiger complimented the president's short game, mr. obama even more impressed with the golf champion
he is agreeing to allow his state to accept expanded medicare coverage, a key provision in president obama's new health care law. he was threatening to reject it. scott becomes the seventh republican governor to sign on to the plan. >>> and a beer merger worth bill ynz is on hold this morning. a federal judge in washington is giving anheuser-busch more time to work out its plans to take over modelo, a mexican company that makes corona. they said the deal could make your beer cost more...
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so far 22 states said they'll expand medicare coverage. why did governor scott reverse himself? >> one reason could be thatstit have it attached and the election is over and maybe they'll seem that they used the old maximum politics that you might deal with your self-interest first. >> thank you both, so much. ed o'keefe, and lynn sweet from the chicago sun-times and they'll both be back with me later in the program. coming up, the first lady gets her groove on, but what else did she share with jimmy fallon last night? my next guest says in the sequestration fight the government has already failed the american people and charlie rangel is here in the studio after the break and you're watching msnbc the place for politics. we break out new behr h stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say we go where no paint has gone before, and end up some place beautiful. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. behr
so far 22 states said they'll expand medicare coverage. why did governor scott reverse himself? >> one reason could be thatstit have it attached and the election is over and maybe they'll seem that they used the old maximum politics that you might deal with your self-interest first. >> thank you both, so much. ed o'keefe, and lynn sweet from the chicago sun-times and they'll both be back with me later in the program. coming up, the first lady gets her groove on, but what else did...